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Natural PlacesSite Name: Nordkjosbotn sacrificial site Alternative Name: VollanCountry: Norway Fylke: Troms Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Tromsø
Latitude: 69.221388N Longitude: 19.579182E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Norway
This site is an ancient sacrificial site for the Sami people, it consists of a really huge (about 20 metres tall) boulder, it is diamond-shaped and with one of the sharpest edges pointing up to the sky. It is about 0.5-1m tick, and looks like a enormous slab standing on one of the pointed edges. It standing about 10 metres north of the european road nmb6, and it is impossible not to notice this enormous landmark!
Sadly, the stone has been painted with layers and layers of grafitti, from local people and also tourists that has went past it over the years!
This place is a road-crossing between the main highway that continues north, and the highway going north-west to the town of Tromsø, and is easy to get to.
It was originally two of these enormous standing slabs, but the other one was removed when the main highway was buildt.
Despite the removing of the other stone and all the colourful grafitti, the site is still a impressing sight!
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